Sup`po*si"tion (?), n.
[F. supposition, L. suppositio a placing under, a substitution, fr. supponere,
suppositium, to put under, to substitute. The word has the
meaning corresponding to suppose. See Sub-, and Position.]
1. The act of
supposing, laying down,
imagining, or considering as true or existing, what is known
not to be true, or what
is not proved.
2. That which is supposed; hypothesis; conjecture; surmise; opinion or belief without sufficient evidence.
This is only
an infallibility upon supposition that if a thing be true, it is
imposible to be false.
Tillotson.
He means are in supposition.
Shak.
Hear it pronounced